Korean-style fried chicken

To make chilli sauce, put all ingredients in a medium saucepan over medium heat and bring to a simmer. Cook for 4 minutes or until slightly thickened. Transfer to a large bowl and set aside.

Preheat deep-fryer or pour oil into a large deep saucepan until 15cm deep. Heat to 170°C on a cook’s thermometer or until a cube of bread turns golden in 30 seconds.

Whisk eggwhites in a large bowl until foamy. Whisk in water and salt. Sift in flours, potato starch, bicarb and pepper, and mix until a smooth batter forms.

Dust chicken in a little extra rice flour, shaking off any excess flour. Add to batter, mixing until well coated.

Divide chicken into 3 batches and deep-fry each batch for 7 minutes or until lightly golden. Put on paper towel, keeping batches separate, to drain. Set aside.

When all chicken has been cooked, deep-fry first batch for a further 7 minutes or until deep golden. Drain again on fresh paper towel, covering loosely with foil to keep warm. Repeat deep-frying and draining with remaining batches.

Once all chicken has been deep-fried again, put in the bowl of sauce, tossing until thoroughly coated. Serve immediately, sprinkled with sesame seeds and shallots.